黑龙江省通河县2015英语阅读理解一轮暑假练习（四）及答案

1、 黑龙江省通河县黑龙江省通河县 2015 英语阅读理解一轮暑假练习（英语阅读理解一轮暑假练习（4）及答案）及答案高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项-A“Americas No.1 Health Problem.” So reads the headline of an article published by the American Institute of Stress that claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AIDS. The report says: “It has been estimated（估计）that 75 to 90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related problems.” It is no exaggeration（夸张）to say that people today are being attacked by stress. According

2、 to the National Consumers League, “Work is the top source of stress for adults who have problems and stress in their lives (39%), followed by family (30%). Other sources include health (10%), concern about the economy (9%) and concern about international conflict and terrorism (4%).”However, stress is hardly unique to the United States. A British survey in 2005 estimated that “over half a million individuals in Britain believed in 2004 that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level

3、that was making them ill.” As a result of “work-related stress, depression or anxiety,” there are “an estimated thirteen and a half million reported lost working days per year in Britain.” The picture is no less bleak in mainland Europe. According to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, “work-related stress has been shown to affect millions of European workers across all types of employment sectors.” One survey revealed that there are “about 41 million workers affected by work-rela

4、ted stress each year.” What about Asia? A report issued by a conference held in Tokyo concluded: “Job stress is a common concern among many countries in the world, both developing and industrialized countries.” The report observed that “several countries in East Asia, including China and Korea, have rapidly industrialized and economically grown. These countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful effects on workers health.” 1. The author quoted “Americas No.1 Health Problem.

5、” (Para. 1) in order to _. A. talk about health problems in America B. introduce the topic of stress C. emphasize the stress in America D. tell readers something about American Institute of Stress 答案解析：答案为 B。本题为推理题。本文的内容是为了揭示世界上人们的工作压力非常大，对健康造成了威胁，因此作者在开头使用“Americas No.1 Health Problem”是为了引入压力的话题，故答案为 B。2. From the passage we can learn that . A. both cancer and AIDS are not as serious as the threat of stress to healthB. stress is mainly from working and living pressureC. Americans never care abo

6、ut international conflict and terrorismD. people in mainland Europe are more optimistic than English people答案解析：答案为 B。本题为细节推理题。由第二段 “Work is the top source of stress for adults who have problems and stress in their lives (39%), followed by family (30%). Other sources include health (10%), concern about the economy (9%) and concern about international conflict and terrorism (4%).” 可知，工作和家庭生活中的压力比重最大，故 B 选项正确，C 选项错误。由第一段 “Americas No.1 Health Problem.” So reads the headline of an article published

7、 by the American Institute of Stress that claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AIDS.”可知，癌症和艾滋病没有压力带给健康的威胁那么严重的情况是在美国，不具有普遍性，故 A 选项错误。第三段揭示了英国人的工作压力非常大，第四段的首句理解是关键 “The picture is no less bleak in mainland Europe.” 意为“欧洲大陆的情况依旧不容乐观” ，故 D 选项错误。3. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _. A. Asian people are more willing to develop their countriesB. the rapid economic development is the main reason for stress C. some people in Asian countries have health problems

8、 from employment stress D. Asian countries have a better situation of stress than Europe 答案解析：答案为 C。本题为推理题。最后一段揭示了亚洲的压力情况，由该段的最后一句话 “These countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful effects on workers health.” 可知，一些亚洲国家的工作压力也影响了人们的健康，故 C 选项正确，B 选项错误，经济发展不是压力的主要原因，压力来自工作。A、D 选项未提，均不选。4. Whats the main subject of the passage? A. Stress attacking health.B. How to deal with stress.C. A survey on working stress.D. Health problems around the world.答案解析：答案为 A。本题考查文章的主题。全文揭示了在美国，

9、欧洲，亚洲人们的工作压力对健康造成了威胁，故答案为 A。阅读理解阅读理解A villa (别墅) designed to resist earthquakes with “self-healing” cracks in its walls, thanks to nanotechnology (纳米技术) applications with self-healing polymers (聚合物), is to be built on a Greek mountainside. The villas walls will include special particles that turn into a liquid when squeezed under pressure, flow into cracks, and then harden to form a solid material. The NanoManufacturing Institute (NMI), based in Leeds University, will play a key role in an EU project to construct the home by December 2010. The project, called “Intelligent Safe and Secure Buildings” (ISSB) is funded under the EUs Sixth Framework program. This potentially life-saving scheme is led by German building manufacturer Knauf. The villa will be built in Amphilochia, in western Greece, where Knauf currently runs a manufacturing plant. If the experiment is successful, more tremor-resistant（防震）homes could be built in earthquake z

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